Word: rugs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...although the Senator's aides say, "No options have been foreclosed." Congressional experts believe any "plea bargain" Durenberger might strike would have to include his resignation. "What Durenberger did was all calculated, not something he fell into," says one political consultant. "How could the Senate sweep it under the rug?" The rug is already bulging with scandals: ethics investigations are proceeding against Senators Alan Cranston, John McCain, Dennis DeConcini, Donald Riegle and John Glenn for their ties to savings and loan operator Charles Keating; and New York Senator Alfonse D'Amato is under scrutiny for handing out federal housing grants...
...find her teddy bear slashed, her clothes soaked with bleach and NIGGER HANG written in lipstick on the wall. When death threats began arriving in the mail, college officials supplied extra locks and an alarm system. This month, as she got ready to move out, she lifted the rug to find DIE NIGGER DIE written in nail polish on the floor. Sabrina collapsed and was hospitalized for "emotional traumatization...
...work, the artist shows you both the underside of the tent and the view over its top. He reverses perspective, depicts the far end of a rug as wider than the near end. You are shown not what you expect to see, but what the artist wants...
...long our government has been sweeping [the issue] under the rug and corporate America has been sweeping it under the rug," Keith said. "Now they're looking under the rug...
...Wedgwood-blue rug with the eagle in the center for his office floor, blue drapes for the tall windows and covering for six chairs in the same color...